All posts tagged "2016 European Figure Skating Championships"
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1.6KFigure Skating NewsAlexei Bychenko: ‘Better late than never’
Israel’s Alexei Bychenko made figure skating history when he became the first single skater from his country to win a medal (silver)...
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1.3KFigure Skating NewsDella Monica and Guarise focus on consistency
Italy’s Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise, who teamed up four years ago, are currently ranked 13th in the World for the...
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1.7KFigure Skating NewsItaly’s Guignard and Fabbri: ‘This season is the best’
Ice dancers Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri, who compete for Italy, have been steadily climbing the world rankings since they teamed up...
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1.6KFigure Skating NewsPapadakis and Cizeron defend European title
After Gabriella Papadakis and Guilaume Cizeron missed the first half of the season as she recovered from a concussion, not many people...
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1.4KFigure Skating NewsVolosozhar and Trankov golden in Bratislava
Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia took their fourth European title since 2012 on Saturday in Bratislava. Germany’s Aljona Savchenko and...
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1.4KFigure Skating NewsMedvedeva leads Russian sweep in Bratislava
Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia led the sixth Russian sweep of the European Ladies’ podium at the 2016 European Figure Skating Championships on...
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1.8KFigure Skating NewsNo match for Fernandez in Europe
Spain’s Javier Fernández easily took his fourth consecutive European title in Bratislava, Slovakia Thursday night. The World champion won with 60 points...
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1.1KFigure Skating NewsStolbova and Klimov hope for strong return at Europeans
When Russia’s Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov had a rough start into the season finishing fourth at Skate America with sub-par performances,...
Did You Know?
Dick Button (USA) completed the first ever double Axel in competition at the 1948 Olympics. He is also credited with inventing the Flying Camel Spin, which was originally known as the Button Camel, and was also the first skater to land a triple jump of any kind – a triple loop – in 1952.